RAID & LTO-8. The Perfect Combo.

mRack DIT LTO-8 is a 1U rack mountable hybrid RAID and LTO-8 tape archiving solution designed to support today's digital workflows. Copy camera cards to high-speed RAID for online editing and then archive the raw footage and completed projects to LTO-8 tape to safeguard the media for the long term.

mRack DIT LTO-8 features four Thunderbolt 2 ports and connects to any Thunderbolt equipped Mac or PC. Add up to six spinning or solid state drives for integrated hardware RAID functionality. Archive assets to the on-board LTO-8 drive which provides up to 12TB of data storage per cartridge. LTO has a shelf life of 30+ years and is the most cost-effective storage medium on a cost per TB basis.

Hello LTFS. Drag and Drop Content to LTO-8 Tape.

mRack DIT LTO-8 supports the Linear Tape File System (LTFS). LTFS mounts the LTO-8 tape drive in the same way as a disk drive. This enables drag and drop functionality to the LTO tape cartridge.

Backup. Archive. Manage. Works with your favorite software.

mRack DIT LTO-8 is compatible with industry leading LTO archiving and media management software for macOS and Windows including:

Axle Video - Axle

Archiware - P5

Imagine Products - PreRoll Post

Pomfort - Silverstack XT

Retrospect

Square Box - CatDV

StorageDNA - DNA Evolution

XenData - XenData 6 Workstation

YoYotta - YoYottaID LTFS

Simple GUI. High-Speed Hardware RAID.

Add six of your favorite hard drives or SSDs. mRack DIT supports drives up to 9.5mm in height. Setting up a RAID set is easy using the included utility.